Kim Kolt

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1932, the firm has long been at the forefront of shareholder activism in the US. CalPERS provides retirement and health benefit services to private individuals and employers, specifically active, inactive and retired employees of California state and local public agencies. They routinely put pressure on companies to achieve better corporate performance corporate governance.

Founded in 1999, Credit Suisse Asset Management LLC (CSAM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS), a publicly owned foreign bank holding company based in Switzerland.

Silicor Materials, Inc. manufactures solar silicon and multi crystalline solar cells. It operates as a supplier to the solar photovoltaic industry as well as other industries who use aluminum-based products. The firm purifies silicon, casts the silicon into ingots, cuts the ingots into bricks using diamond saws, cuts the bricks into wafers using wire saws, and converts the wafers into solar cells through a series of steps to form the photovoltaic junction. The company was founded by Kamel Ounadjela, Fritz Kirscht, and Eicke Weber in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Duke University Health System, Inc. engages in the provision of health care services. It offers cancer treatment, primary care, orthopedics, aesthetics, and fertility services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Asset Management Finance LLC engages in the provision of capital to investment firms. It includes institutional asset managers, alternative asset managers, wealth managers and private equity firms that are seeking funding for recapitalizations, growth initiatives, management buy-outs, acquisition financing, owner liquidity and other strategic investment objectives. The company was founded by Robert Jakacki and Norton H. Reamer in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

WGBH Educational Foundation operates television stations. The non-profit company is based in Boston, MA and has subsidiaries in United States. The company was founded in 1951 by Ralph Lowell. Jonathan C. Abbott has been the CEO of the company since 1998.

The Consumer Technology Association researches and reports trends in the consumer electronics market. The firm also provides its members with educational programs, technical training, market research and networking opportunities. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Computer Science & Telecommunications Board provides technical and public policy advice to the federal government on issues related to computing and communications. The non-profit company is based in Washington.

Massachusetts General Physician's Organization, Inc. operates as a multi-specialty medical firm. It is working in partnership with the Massachusetts General Hospital and in cooperation with Partners HealthCare to builds on the synergies among clinical practice, research and teaching to improve its patient's well being and the professional lives of physicians and staff. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

GBH operates radio and television stations. The firm provides Public media powerhouse with educational content that informs, inspires and entertains. The company was founded by Ralph Lowell on 02 May, 1995 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Accenture LLC operates as a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Schneider Electric NV engages in the provision of digital transformation of energy management and automation in homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries. It offers partner management, training, field and automation, and support services. The company was founded on December 13, 1993 and is headquartered in Uccle, Belgium.

Foro Energy, Inc. manufactures and develops lasers for oil, natural gas, geothermal, and mining industries. Its lasers are used to drill, workover, and complete energy wells, including mechanical cutting/grinding, explosives, harsh chemicals and high pressures. The company was founded by Joel F. Moxley, Mark S. Zediker and Mark Land in 2009 and is headquartered in Littleton, CO.

Silver Lake Management Co. LLC (Silver Lake Management) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Silver Lake Group LLC founded in 1999 by Jim Davidson and David Roux. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California with offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Alion, Inc. engages in developing solutions for utility scale photovoltaic (solar) power plants. It also manufactures thin film photovoltaic solar panels.The company was founded by Thomas Hunt, Christopher Rivest, Mark Topinka, Anders Swahn and Gautam Ganguly in 2008 and is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Accenture Technology Labs engages in research and development of digital technologies.

Lifecode, Inc. provides clinical laboratory and diagnostic services for the human genome. It offers sequencing technology and bioinformatics which provides clinical information designed to help physicians make the treatment decisions for their patients. The company was founded by Dietrich A. Stephan, Sivan Bercovici, Eugene Fratkin and Helen Wang in 2011 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

Alion Energy, Inc. provides engineering procurement construction, operation, and maintenance services for utility scale photovoltaic power plants. It designs construction process for utility scale solar plants by using robotic installation technology and established construction industry practices. The firm's products include Alion Mounting System (AMS) and automated cleaning. The company was founded by Mark Topinka, Tom Hunter, and Christopher Rivest in 2008 and is headquartered in Richmond, CA.

Source Global PBC. operates as an early stage company. The company is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Sunlight Financial LLC provides residential solar finance services. It offers long term solar loans to home owners. The company was founded by Neil Z. Auerbach in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Material Impact Management LLC (Material Impact Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Carmichael Roberts and Adam Sharkawy. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Breakthrough Energy Investment LLC (Breakthrough Energy Ventures) a venture capital arm of Breakthrough Energy LLC was founded in 2016 by Bill Gates. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Berkeley Skydeck is a venture capital arm of University of California, Berkeley founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Berkeley, California.

Fynder Group, Inc. develops edible protein. The company was founded by Thomas Jonas and Yuval Avniel in 2016 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Nobell Food, Inc. focuses on transforming plants into efficient bioreactors for producing protein. The firm also provides alternative ways to produce animal protein by nutritionally enhancing plants, enabling customers to get delicious and affordable substitutes to animal products. The company was founded by Magi El-Richani, and Shu Li and is headquartered at San Francisco, California.

Transient Electronics, Inc. provides commercial physical and biological research and development. The company is headquartered in Chestnut Hill, MA.

BIOMILQ operates mother-cultured infant breast milk company. The company was founded by Leila Strickland and Michelle Egger and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

DataCule, Inc. develops molecular data storage technology. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Stoicheia, Inc. is a company based in Suite 330, IL that specializes in digital materials discovery. Stoicheia uses a combination of proprietary AI and high-throughput screening technology to discover new materials that impact industries such as automotive, chemical, oil, and clean energy. The company has access to the world's largest combinatorial material libraries and uses proprietary nanocombinatoricstm and megalibrarytm platforms to enable the discovery of new materials with properties driving the development of the renewable and net-zero economy. The company was founded by Chad A. Mirkin and Andrey Ivankin, and Jeff Erhardt has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Part of Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., SAMDI Tech, Inc. delivers better, faster assay development, high-throughput screening and hit-to-lead solutions for early-stage drug discovery. The company is based in Chicago, IL. Our highly skilled team of biochemistry experts believes in quality results and uses proprietary industry-leading, label-free SAMDI (Self-Assembled Monolayer Desorption Ionization) technology to deliver decision-making data for diverse targets and analytes. SAMDI Tech offers label-free drug discovery solutions for better, faster results. The company was founded by Michael Scholle, Milan Mrksich. Emilio Cordova has been the CEO of the company since 2015. SAMDI Tech was acquired by Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. on January 30, 2023 for $50 million.

Sunrock Distributed Generation, Inc. is a commercial solar and storage financing and asset aggregation platform. The company is based in Baltimore, MD. The company offers financing to small and medium businesses across the country through partnerships with more than 100 developer partners.

Foundation Alloy Technology Explorations, Inc. provides metal part productions. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company was founded by Chris Schuh, Tim Rupert, Jacob Guglin. Jacob Guglin has been the CEO since incorporation.

Soft Robotics, Inc. designs and builds soft robotic automation systems that can grasp and manipulate items of varying size, shape and weight with a single device. It also offers an ecosystem of robots, control systems, data and machine learning to enable the workplace of the future. The company was founded by Carmichael S. Roberts, Jr., Mitchell R. Zakin and George M. Whitesides in 2013 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.